UPDATE ON ORPHANAGES

RQ has been tracking reports on the status of orphanages. I'd like to have this on our blog, if for nothing else but to have record once we find out what province and orphanage Malia is from. So, here's the post from her blog...

Abazhou CWI: Unknown (52 children according to HTS)

Baoji, Shannxi: No injuries reported. Minor damage to the building but they are able to remain inside. (LWB)

Chengdu: Safe, children are outside of the building due to aftershocks. When it rains they go into the institution’s buses, they also spend some time on the first floor of the Children’s Building. There are cracks in some (but not all) buildings. (HTS and Agency) OCDF reports there is no electricity, water, or gas. They need diapers since they cannot wash. HTS reports they are having trouble finding supplies of milk and formula.

Chongqing: Safe (HTS,OCDF, and an agency)

Chungdu 2nd SWI: Safe (HTS)

Chungdu 3rd SWI: Safe (HTS)

Chungdu SOS Children’s Village: Safe (HTS)

*Deyang: Children are safe, minor damage to building (LWB OCDF). Dormitory for school aged children was severely damaged. Other buildings appear fine but for the time being everyone is living in tents. Much that was pulled from the building has been ruined by the rain. They request bedding and children’s clothing. They have disposable diapers left over from the storm but will be running out of those as well as formula in a few days. (HTS)

Dianjiang, Chongqing: Children are safe, no damage to building (Parent)

*Dujiangyan: Children are safe. Children have been evacuated. Their temporary shelter has no tap water or electricity. They urgently need food, clean water, diapers, and powdered milk. (HTS)

Fuling, Chongqing: Children are okay, no damage to current building. New building that is still under construction and not occupied sustained structural damage. (Parent and Agency) LWB and OCDF report damage to the building and are not clear if it is the new building or the one currently occupied.

Fungdu: Safe, no damage to building. (OCDF and Parent)

Ganzi CWI: Safe (HTS)

Guang’an SWI: Safe (HTS)

*Guanghan: Unknown

Guangyuan: Safe, staying in tents outdoors for now. (Parent and HTS) They request food, formula, clean water for formula, diapers, bedding, and other daily necessities. (HTS)

Ganzizhou: Unknown

Hanzhong City SWI, Shaanxi Province: Children are safe, staying outside of building due to aftershocks. There are reports that the buildings sustained significant damage, and other reports the building sustained minor damage. There are tents set up for now. (Parent) Water pipes burst, water tower has cracks. Children have been evacuated and they need more tents, bedding, and clean water. (HTS)

Leshan SWI: Safe (HTS)

Liangping SWI: Children are Safe (OCDF, Parent, and agency). Reports of serious structural damage. (2 Agencies)

Mama’s Wish: Teachers and students safe (LWB)

Meishan SWI: Children are safe and have been evacuated to tents. Building has cracks. They request 20 cribs and bedding. (HTS)

*Mianyang: Children are Safe. (Parent and HTS) Severely damaged walls, children have been moved to a military base. They have an urgent need for diapers, bedding, powdered milk, and clean water. (HTS) UPDATE: Children have been returned to the institution from the military base to a safe building on the grounds. They have adequate food and water. They request clothes, bedding, formula, diapers, and cold medicine.

Mianzhu SWI: Unknown

Nanbu: Children are safe. Building has cracks. (Agency)

Nanchong #1: Safe (Agency and OCDF).

Nanchong #2: Children are safe (Agency, OCDF, HTS). Damage to buildings (OCDF and HTS) They need tents (HTS) Substantial damage to buildings. 100 plus children, most under six years old, are living in tents. They need more tents, disposable diapers, children’s clothing, wagons, cribs, and bedding. (HTS)

Nanchuan, Chongqing: Safe, no damage reported. (LWB and Agency)

Neijiang: Children are safe. Some structural damage to possibly several buildings. (HTS and Parent) Updated information from HTS says no serious damage

Panzhihua: Unknown

Rongxian: Unknown

Santai County: Unknown

Suining: Safe (HTS)

Wanzhou: Children are safe. Building has cracks (Agency)

Wenjiang County: Unknown

Xiushan, Chongqing: Safe, no damage reported. (LWB and Agency)

Yibin: Safe (HTS and OCDF)

Yunyang, Chongqing: Safe. (LWB and Agency) LWB reports there is no damage to the building, but an agency reports there is some damage to the building.

Zhaotong Foster Care program, Yunnan: Safe (LWB and Agency)

Zigong CWI: Children are safe. They need bedding, powdered milk, crackers and disposable diapers (HTS)

*Zitong County: Children are safe and have been evacuated. (Parent)

Ziyang SWI: Safe (HTS)

* The asterisks indicate orpahanges near the epicenter of the earthquake

* LWB is Life Without Boundaries which is a charitable organization
* HTS is Half the Sky which is another charitable organization

* OCDF is Our Chinese Daughters Foundation which is another charitable organization
* Agency means that certain agencies have received word on the status of the orphanage
* Parent means that parents with connections to the orpahange have received word


She's heard people concerned about other orphanages within the Sichuan province and addresses the following:

The Guang’an institute seems to be far enough away that they should be fine. Also, it is near the Nanchong institutes, which are fine.

We know Yibin is safe, and Luzhou is near Yibin and also far from the quake zone so is also likely safe.

Guangyuan also seems to be far enough away that they should be safe.

Leshan is on the other side of Chengdu, which is safe, so Leshan should also be safe.

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The death toll is now around 15,000 and there are over 25,000 still missing.